Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

MSAC Completed Assessments 1101 - 1119

MSAC Completed Assessments 1101 - 1119

Completed Assessments 1101 -


1101 - Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

1102 - Double Balloon Enteroscopy

1103 - Fetal Fibronectin test for preterm labour

1104 - Endoscopic ultrasound and fine needle aspiration for lung cancer

1105 - Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography

1106 - Endoscopic argon plasma coagulation of gastrointestinal bleeding and oesophageal stents

1107 - Acticon artificial bowel sphincter

1108 - Endobronchial Ultrasound

1109 - Deep brain stimulation for essential tremor and dystonia

1110 - MRI for staging of rectal carcinoma

1111 - Remote Monitoring Systems for Patients with Implanted Cardiac Devices

1112 - Intragastric balloons for the temporary management of morbid obesity

1113 - Endovenous laser therapy for varicose veins

1114 - Urinary metabolic profile

1115 - Sacral nerve stimulation for urinary indications

1116 - Optical Coherence Tomography

1117 - Real-time measurement of cardiac output and other cardiac flow parameters (without concurrent cardiac imaging) using continuous wave Doppler techniques

1118 - Vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy

1119 - PillCam capsule Endoscopy (formerley known as M2A) for the surveillance of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
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